Ruling, printing, and cutting machine.



No.. 788,523. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

. D. W. CUSTER.

RULING, PRINTING,AND CUTTING MACHINE.

yAPPLICATION FILED Nov. 21, 190s.

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D. W. GUSTER.

RULING, PRINTING, AND CUTTING MACHINE.

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No.l 788,523.

PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

D. W. CUSTER.

, AND CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 21, 1903.

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NITED STATES Patented May 2, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

RULING, PRINTING, AND CUTTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,523, dated May 2, 1905.

Application and Noventa-21,1903. serai No. 182.183. l

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Be it known that I, DWIGHT W. GUSTER, a resident of Parkersburg, in the county of I/Vood and State of I/Vest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ruling, Printing, and Cutting Machines;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved ruling, printing, and cutting machine, the object of the invention being to provide an improved machine of this character which will automatically rule one or both sides of a sheet, print upon the same, and sever the strip longitudinally and laterally into sheets of any desired dimensions and convey them away in piles of any desired number of sheets.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating' my improvements. Fig. 2 is a View in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view in elevation of the rear end of the machine, taken from the side opposite to Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged View, partly in section, illustrating the printing and inlring mechanism therefor. Fig. 5 is a broken plan view of Fig, 4. Fig. 5 is a view taken at right angles to Fig. 5. Fig. 6 is a view in cross-section through the machine, illustrating in elevation the lateral cutting mechanism. Fig. 7 is a view in section of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a view illustratingthe arrangement of gearing. Fig. 9 is an enlarged view illustrating one pair of 1ongitudinal cutters. Fig. I() is a view in crosssection through the printing-ink well. Fig. 11 is a view in longitudinal section thereof. Fig. l2 is a sectional plan view illustrating one of the paper-feed rollers and cooperating mechanism. Fig. 13 is a detail view illustrating the inling-rollers and their supporting-framework, and Fig. 14 is an end View of the printing-cylinder.

1 represents the main frame of the machine, provided in its lower forward portion with bearings for the paper-supply roll 2. The paper from roll 2 passes up and over a roll 3, where it is ruled longitudinally on one side by av series of pens 4, supplied with ink by a suitable reservoir 5. The paper then passes forward around another roll 6, and the oppoof pens 7, supplied with ink from a reservoir 8, and from this roll 6 the paper passes rearroll l0, which will now be described in detail. These rolls 9 and 10 are supported in vertical standards 16, and the platen-roll l() is slit longitudinally to receive the ends of a paper or other cover passed around the roll and having its ends located in a slotted rod 11 in roll lO and tightened on the roll by turning the rod, as will be readily understood. This construction permits the ready removal of a worn paper cover and the substitution of a new one on the platen-roll 10.

The printing cylinder or roll 9 is made with a series of longitudinal grooves to receive strips 12, having enlarged beveled outer portions, as shown, to clamp the printing-plates 13 onto the cylinder, and by providing a large number of these grooves plates of various sizes can be secured on the cylinder. The strips 19. may be secured in the grooves by screwsv or otherwise, as preferred. The construction of the printing-cylinder is shown most clearly in Figs. 4 and 14.

The printing and platen cylinders 9 and 10 have intermeshing gears 14and 15, respectively, on one end of their supporting-shafts, and motion is transmitted to them, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

At the upper end of the standards I6, above referred to, my improved printing-ink fountain 17 is located and, as seen most clearly in Figs. 10 and Il, comprises end plates 18, connected by a concave base 19 and by a bar 20 at its rear end. This bar 2O has a beveled 1 lower face, against which a spring-plate "2l is site side of the paper is then ruled by a series ward between the printing-roll 9 and platen-- secured and forms the fountain-bottom. In a longitudinal inclined groove 22 in base 19 a wedge-bar 23 is mounted to slide and is operated by a screw 24 at one end to move the wedge-bar longitudinally and force the forward end of bottom plate 21 against an inksupply roller 25. secured on a shaft 26, mounted in the forward end of the fountain, and thereby regulate the amount of ink the roller will take up in its rotation. On one protruding end of this shaft 26 a ratchet-wheel 27 is secured, and an arm 30 is fulcrumed at one end on the shaft and has a longitudinal slot 28 in its free end, and a spring-pressed dog 29 is carried by arm 3() in engagement with ratchet-wheel 27. Secured to or integral with the gear 14 is a hollow hub 31, having an internal cam-face 32. A link 33, slotted at one end to receive and move on the printing-cylinder shaft, has a roller 34 on one side against the internal cam-face of hub 31 and is connected to arm 30 by means of a bolt passed through the slot 28 therein and secured by a set-nut 35. It will thus be seen that as gear 14 revolves the cam-hub 31 will intermittently move link 33 and arm 30, causing dog 29 to force ratchet-wheel 27 partially around, and thereby turn roller 25 a distance desired. A coiled spring 36 connects link 33 with the standard 16 and returns the link and arm 30 to their normal elevated position when released by the flat or cam portion of the hub.

To the upper ends of standards 16 at one edge brackets 37 are pivotally secured by bolts 38, and set-screws 39 project through anges 40 at the upper ends of standards 16 and bear against shoulders 41 on brackets 37 to exactly position them. The brackets have alined pockets 42 to receive bearing-blocks 43, adjusted therein by set-screws 44 and receiving the shaft 45, carrying an inking-roll 46 for supplying ink directly to the printingcylinder. The brackets 37 also provide alined bearings for a longitudinally-movable shaft 47, on which a hollow ink-distributing roll 48 is secured and adapted to distribute the ink evenly on roll 46, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

Ink is conveyed from the supply-roll 25 to distributing-roll 48 by a conveyer-roll 49. This roll 49 is carried by bell-crank levers 50, fulcrurned between their ends on standards 16 and having their lower members made in two sections hinged together and provided with springs 51 to normally hold them straight, but permit of suflicient elasticity to prevent undue wear and damage. The lower ends of these levers 50 carry rollers 52, which bear against the face of cams 53, secured on the printing-cylinder shaft or against the ends of the cylinder, and are moved by said cams to throw the conveyer-roll 49 from Contact with supply-roller 25 over against distributing-roll 48, and coiled springs 54 connect lugs 55 on the levers 50 with standards 16, maintaining the rollers 52 always against the cams 53, and thereby returning roll 49 against supply-roll 25 when the cams turn to a position to permit such return.

On one end of the shaft 47, carrying distributing-roll 48, a gear 55a is secured and is made with beveled flanges 56 at both sides, as clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 5. This gear 55 is in mesh with what I term a cam-gear 57, as it performs both the functions of a cam and gear and is supported upon a stub projecting from the standard 16 and receives its rotary motion from a large gear 58 on the printingcylinder shaft 59. It will be seen that as camgear 57 revolves between the anges 56 of gear 55u it not only revolves distributing-roll 48, but also moves the same longitudinally back and forth. This movement of the roll serves to smear the ink on roll 46 and evenly distribute the same, breaking up any lumpy portions of the ink and smearing it evenly on the roll.

The paper strip after passing between the printing and platen cylinders moves over a feeding-roll 60, being frictionally held thereagainst by presser-wheels 61. These wheels are mounted on parallel rods 61, carried at their ends by yokes 62, the latter connected by a rod 63 above the roll 60. A cross-bar 64 is secured on standards 65 on frame 1 and located above rod 63, and a series of coiled springs 65 bear at their ends against bar 64 and rod 63 to press the presser-wheels 61 against the paper strip and hold it frictionally in contact with roll 60. An upright rod 66 is connected to rod 63 at or near its center, passes up through an opening in cross-bar-64, and is bifurcated at its upper end to receive a cam-lever 67, which latter when moved to one extreme throw will elevate the presserwheels and permit the ready removal or insertion of the paper strip and when moved to the other eXtreme throw will permit the springs 65 to act to press the paper against the constant-feed roll. Located some distance from roll is another roll 68, provided with presser-wheels and controlling mechanism preciselyT like that above described in connection with roll 60.

In rear of roll 68 are two parallel shafts 69, carrying at regular intervals rolls 70, on the edges of which overlapping rotary cuttingdisks 7 1 are secured and adapted to cut the paper into longitudinal strips as it passes between them, and it will be understood that as many of these cutters 71 may be provided and located any desired distance apart, so as to cut the strip into -any series of widths desired before they pass to my improved lateral cutter, which will now be described in detail.

Standards 72 are located on frame 1 in rear TOO of the cutters 71 and are made with grooved or recessed guideways for the enlarged ends of my improved knife-frame 73, and springpressed rods 74 are secured to said enlarged ends of the frame and project above the standards to maintain a constant downward uniform pressure on the knifeframe. A knife 75, which is beveled to sharpen the same and inclines from end to end to give it a shear cut, is pivoted at its ends in the end portions of frame 73 by means of screws 76, and the frame 73 has a series of downwardlyextending fingers 77, in the lower portions of which coiled springs 78 are housed in sockets therein and bear against the knife, elastically holding the same against guides 7 9 on frame 1 and insuring a perfect cut against a straight edge 80, over which the paper strip passes. Screws 8l serve to hold the springs 78 in the sockets and permit of their ready removal when found advisable. The frame 73 provides on its forward face bearings 82 for spring-pressed vertical rods 83, carrying at their lower ends a presser-bar 82, which latter when the knife descends serves to firmly hold the paper and permit a perfect cut. Handles 83n are located on the knife to facilitate its being handled, and a spring 831 operates a finger 83e, which may be connected with any approved register to record the number of sheets cut.

Behind the knife 7 5 an endless conveyer 84 is located and onto which the cut sheets are deposited, the conveyer being operated by a pinion 85 on the end of its roll-shaft 86 to move the conveyer at predetermined intervals, and thereby automatically count the number of sheets in a pile and move the same whenever the required number has been reached, as will now be described.

A large toothed Wheel 87 is loosely mounted on roll-shaft 68 and is turned by a toothed wheel 88 (having a single tooth thereon) a distance of one tooth at every upward operation of knife 75, and a gear-segment 89 is carried by wheel 87, which will at every complete revolution thereof engage pinion 85 to revolve the same and move conveyer 84 far enough to carry a pile of sheets of the prescribed number away from those neXt cut, thus perfectly counting them, and it will be understood that by changing the number of teeth on wheel 87 any number of sheets desired may be counted in piles.

T he main drive-shaft 90 of my machine is located at the rear of the frame and carries fast and loose pulleys 91 and 91a. A gear 92 on this shaft 90 meshes with a large gear 93 on a parallel shaft 94, and a chain of gear 95 connect this shaft with the gear 15 on the platen-cylinder shaft to control the operation of the same and printing mechanism. A gear 96, meshing with a gear 97 on shaft 94, op-

erates a Geneva movement 98 to control the operation of the rear feeding-roll 68, and a similar Geneva movement 99, operated by a gear on shaft 94, controls the operation of a link 100, connected with the knife-frame 73, and thereby intermittently operates the knife to sever the paper strip which is temporarily held by roll 68, due to the Geneva movement above described.

On shaft 94 I have illustrated different sizes of gears 101, any of which can be moved into operation with but slight variation in the cooperating gears, and by changing the gears 101 into and out of operation the speed of the machine and size of the sheets cut can be varied at will and the machine can be made to perform just what it is desired it should do.

A great many changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described Without departing from my invention, and hence I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with printing mechanism, of a series of pens located at one side of said printing mechanism, means for supplying said pens with ink, feeding devices for moving a sheet under said pens and then through the printing mechanism, a series of cutters for cutting the ruled and printed sheet longitudinally, a vertically-movable cutter located transversely of the machine beyond said firstmentioned cutters and means for removing the printed and ruled sheets from the transverse cutter in predetermined quantities.

2. The combination Witha frame, means on said frame for ruling a moving strip of paper, and a printing-cylinder to print on said strip as'it passes beneath the same, of a feeding-roll, a downwardly-spring-pressed frame above the same, rollers carried by said frame to hold the paper on the roll, a cam-lever to raise and lower said frame, and means for cutting the strip of paper longitudinally and laterally.

3. The combination with a machine for ruling, printing, and cutting a strip of paper into sheets, of a conveyer to receive the sheets so cut, a toothed wheel, means for turning the same a distance of one tooth at every operation of the cutter, a gear to move the conveyer, and a segment on the toothed wheel to engage the gear at every revolution of the toothed wheel, and move the conveyer to carry off a predetermined number of sheets.

4. rIhe combination with a machine for ruling and printing a strip of paper, of means IOO IIO

for cutting the strip longitudinally, vertical l In testimony whereof Ihave signed this standards on the frame, a knife-frame Inovl specification in the presence of two subserih- IO able in said standards, a knife pivoted at its i ing witnesses.

ends therein, depending lingers on the frame, springs in said fingers bearing against the Dl/VIGHT l/V. CUSTER.

knife to hold it against guides, and a spring- Witnesses: pressed bar to hold the paper While being J. M. DAVIS, severed by the knife. C. A. SWEARINGEN. 

